Part 65 (1/2)

JONATHAN

My mother's dead.

MLLE. PERRAULT

Where did she live?

JONATHAN (_Looks for a trace of recognition_)

I'd better not tell you.

MARY

Oh, please tell us.

JONATHAN

I'd better not.

MARY

You ask him, John.

JOHN III

Uh-uh!

MARY

Why not?

JOHN III

I don't want to know.

MLLE. PERRAULT

Why don't you want to tell _us_? We won't tell anybody.

JONATHAN

n.o.body'll believe me.

MARY

Why?

JONATHAN

You see, I ran away from home--